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tiabunna club

Posted: 24 Oct 2013


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Australia
Tasmania
Eudyptes chrysocome
skua
Stercorarius skua
Rockhopper penguin
Macquarie Island
Lumix FZ20
Southern (Great) Skua


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The watching skua

The watching skua
Wherever there are penguins, Southern (Great) Skua gulls are never far away: there's one up there in the note! It may seem unkind, nasty, brutal and all that, but skuas live largely on penguin chicks and eggs. They do have to eat too, after all! And when they aren't harassing penguins they (and Giant Petrels) do a good job of clearing the beaches of carrion such as dead seals.

Photo taken from a bobbing zodiac, offshore at Macquarie Island. :)

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6 comments - The latest ones
 ctofcsco
ctofcsco
I love it! That's Wild!!
Seen in

Wonderful World
of Wildlife!!
10 years ago.
tiabunna club has replied to ctofcsco
Thank you.
10 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
Each has its place.. only "man" upsets it all
10 years ago.
tiabunna club has replied to Pam J club
Indeed, Pam. More than enough of that at Macquarie over the years!
10 years ago.

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